Authority Quote by George Carlin

There was a time in my late teens and early 20s where I was motivated by this wanting to get out, to prove to…

— Lissie

I was raised in unique and trying environments, but they were also amazing platforms for me to have an extraordinary life. Going through hell…

— Drew Barrymore

I think I still have a great sense of adventure and trust, and am surprisingly idealistic given all the horrible things I've seen since…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

From about age 17 to 25, a time some people describe as "beautiful youth," it was "arranged" for me to live with two different…

— Wang Jianwei

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I've seen a lot of doom and gloom and depressing things, and it's [the] youth that give me hope.

— Philippe Cousteau, Jr

I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage - very important things to me -…

— Albert Schweitzer

Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and…

— Lev Grossman

I wish there were people when I was young that I had a respect for and looked up to that I could have been…

— Chad Michael Murray

When I was younger - up until I was 19 years old and in college - I was surrounded with people in high school…

— James Marsden

Growing up, I really struggled with finding a group of people that I really understood and that understood me. The fact that I've kind…

— Laufey

From a very young age I was flagrantly disobedient. I got involved in anything that was naughty. I wanted to explore all the dark…

— Tom Hardy